Fake Chicago TV shows we'd love to watch

"Chicago Air," anyone?

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March 27, 2013|By Dana Moran | RedEye

This calls for a Chicago woo! NBC is prepping a spinoff of "Chicago Fire," thr.com reported Wednesday. The new show would be based on the city's cops, and likely would air as a back-door pilot this season. (That description may have made us giggle a lot.) Let's keep this trend going! We've got ideas for plenty of other Chicago-based spinoffs and potential Chicagoan stars. Just don't forget to give us a producers credit. (Note: All descriptions are totally fictionalized for hilarity's sake. We love our Chicagoans!)damoran@tribune.com | @redeyedana

"Chicago Air"Stars: Michael Ian Black, Anna Chlumsky, Andre Braugher, Jennifer HudsonFocuses on the rivalry between elitist O'Hare air traffic controllers and their more blue-collar Midway counterparts. This boils down to a lot of scenes with the Midway guys pranking the O'Hare guys, and the O'Hare guys making sourpuss faces.

"Chicago Hot Dogs"Stars: George Wendt, Bill Murray, Amy Sedaris, Robin Williams, Mr. TA group of lifelong Chicagoans opens a hot dog shop and sits around shooting the breeze about sports teams while occasionally actually serving customers. Sedaris wears a hairnet the entire time, even in scenes where she's just getting out of bed or going shopping for sport peppers.

"Chicago 311"Stars: Vince Vaughn, Horatio Sanz, Tina Fey, Mandy Patinkin, Jennifer MorrisonThis show would operate with the exact opposite urgency level of the police-based spinoff. City workers mulching branches outside your window at 7 a.m.? Want one of those green crosswalk signs for your street? Trying to get an extra blue recycling bin for your building? Let them put you on hold ...

"Chicago Oprah"Stars: Oprah, Terrence Howard, Danny Pudi, Michael Flatley (yes, the lord of the dance), Steve WilkosA rabid group of all-male Oprah fans attempts to track her throughout the city, only to be foiled at the last second every time a la Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. The show will include plenty of split-screen shots of Oprah being pampered while her fanclub runs around frantically.

"Chicago Vermin"Stars: Rats, pigeons, coyotes, roaches, Billy Zane (narrator)You know those coyotes that roam around downtown controlling the rat population? Attach a camera to one of those guys, and you've got the cheapest reality TV series that ever was.